The simple basis here is that Bell Canada owns huge swathes of the Canadian network infrastructure. If you live in a city then you're lucky, because Bell might

The simple basis here is that Bell Canada owns huge swathes of the Canadian network infrastructure. If you live in a city then you're lucky, because Bell might have at least one competitor operating, usually a Cable company. If you live in even the least-remote rural area you're likely stuck with the choice of Bell or one of the ISP's that piggy backs off of Bell's network. The example here is TekSavvy, their speed on the Bell network is capped at 5mbps despite (in certain areas) Bell can provide 16mpbs to its own customers, however TekSavvy provides unlimited bandwidth for a very reasonable price. $30 for 200gb, $40 unlimited with TekSavvy, but Bell offers 100gb for $80 and thats the best you'll ever get. What Bell is trying to do is make sure all the smaller providers, like TekSavvy, will have to charge their customers more per GB than Bell does. Bell wants you to have to pay $1/GB or more for any other ISP on their network, or you can choose $0.80/GB with them. When currently you can pay $0.15/GB or less with their competitors. Back in the UK BT, who owns almost 100% of the lines, tried to do a similar thing, but regulators stepped in and now you can get internet access from dozens of different providers. You can buy it from your grocery store for god's sake!